Getting set for USA-Panama (Monday links)

We’re counting down the hours to Tuesday’s big World Cup qualifier between the U.S. men’s national team and Panama at CenturyLink Field.

Note the change to kickoff above.

We had a couple preview stories in today’s paper, starting with this piece by Joel Petterson, who takes us back to the state of U.S. Soccer in 1976 when Seattle last hosted a World Cup qualifier. He’s got some extra anecdotes on the blog, plus I added a sidebar on Eddie Johnson‘s and Brad Evans‘ growing roles with the current national team.